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possible selves: a standalone construct

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possibleselves1 CONSTRUCTPossible selvesMARKUS · SOCIAL PSYCHOLOGY

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Social psychology

ideas of what one might become, would like to become and is afraid of becoming, which motivate behavior.

In social psychology, possible selves refers to ideas of what one might become, would like to become and is afraid of becoming, which motivate behavior. This meaning comes from Markus (1986) in American Psychologist.[1]

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  1. Markus, H., & Nurius, P. (1986). Possible selves. American Psychologist, 41(9), 954-969. https://doi.org/10.1037/0003-066x.41.9.954

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